Relation of body mass index to depression and weighing frequency in overweight women

Jennifer A LindeDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USAPrev Med 45:75-9. 2007

..As limited data exist on the effects of self-weighing on body mass index (BMI) among overweight adults with or without depression, this study seeks to examine this issue using data from a population-based epidemiologic survey...

The impact of self-efficacy on behavior change and weight change among overweight participants in a weight loss trial

Jennifer A LindeDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 54454 1015, USAHealth Psychol 25:282-91. 2006

..Mediational models indicate that people's weight control behaviors mediate the impact of self-efficacy on weight change...

Self-weighing in weight gain prevention and weight loss trials

Jennifer A LindeDivision of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USAAnn Behav Med 30:210-6. 2005

..Although self-monitoring is a central tenet of behavioral approaches to changing health behavior, clinical and public health recommendations for better controlling body weight do not emphasize weight self-monitoring...

Weight loss goals and treatment outcomes among overweight men and women enrolled in a weight loss trial

..Goals were not associated with participation or weight loss for men. Results are more supportive of the idea that higher goals motivate women to lose weight than of the hypothesis that high goals undermine effort...

Robert W JefferyUniversity of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USAAppetite 52:238-40. 2009

..These findings suggest that the positive association between BMI and depression in women may be mediated by sweets consumption. This is consistent with the hypothesis that eating sweet foods reduces negative affect...

The impact of expectations and satisfaction on the initiation and maintenance of smoking cessation: an experimental test

..This study assessed rates of GI symptoms in a sample of obese patients in a weight-loss program and explored relationships among GI symptoms and obesity, binge eating, dieting (fat and fruit/fiber consumption), and physical activity...